Joichi Ito Quotes

When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes.

When money is controlled by a few it gives that few an undue power and control over labor and the resources of the country. Labor will have its best return when the laborer can control its disposal.

The more money you take away from families is the less power that family has. And that's a basic power.

It is a fact that around the world the elites of every country are making money.

The Negro today perhaps has more political power than ever before and he is worse off than ever before. It is not votes but dollars that count in this civilization.

The fact is, riches are power, and poverty is slavery all over the earth, and one sort of establishment is no better, no worse, for a people than another.

Water does tend to flow up hill toward money and power.

There’s just too much money in the hands of too few.

Money is the great equalizer.

Income inequity has to be addressed.

1% of the population has all the money and the other 99% have nothing.

Basically, I think that most people either make too much money or not enough money. The jobs that are essential and important pay too little, and those that are essentially managerial pay far too much.

Money speaks, but it speaks with a male voice.

Liberals are concerned about the concentration of wealth because it almost inevitably leads to a concentration of power that undermines democracy.

Greater economic power will be in the hands of too few.

If one man in the country could take all the money, what was the use of passing any bills about it?

Women with money and women in power are two uncomfortable ideas in our society.

I am furious at the way that we have allowed money to subvert our democracy. I am appalled at the way that the U.S., a very wealthy nation, permits and even encourages a level of poverty that other wealthy nations would not even consider.

'Inequality' has become the political theme/slogan of our time in both Europe and the U.S., yet political leaders do not even bother to consider that their own policies, which put the entire burden on central bankers to print money and drive up stock, bond and other asset prices, are actually exacerbating income and wealth disparity.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who also happens to be the 10th richest person in America, with a personal fortune of some $18 billion, likes to pick a fight - especially fights where the line between good and evil is particularly stark.

Wall Street has too much wealth and political power.

Whenever people with money have power over people with less money, you have the potential for exploitation.

Poor people don’t employ people; only rich people do.

…well-ordered republics have to keep the public rich and their citizens poor…

Wealth is a form of power in our society. With great power comes great responsibility. If you have too much wealth, ipso facto, you have too much power -- therefore you have too much responsibility -- and you're a kind of dictator.